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Enrollment began in April 2020, and patients who received eque-cel will be monitored for a minimum of 15 years following the infusion. As of September 2022, patients with heavily pretreated RRMM who received at least 3 prior courses of therapy from 14 centers were enrolled. Data were analyzed from April 2020 to September 2022.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Interventions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients received a single infusion of eque-cel at 1.0\u2009\u00d7\u200910<jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup> CAR-positive T cells\/kg after the lymphodepletion.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Efficacy was the primary objective, and safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics were secondary objectives.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 103 patients who received an eque-cel infusion, 55 (53.4%) were male, and the median (range) age was 58 (39-70) years. A total of 101 patients were evaluable for efficacy. At a median (range) follow-up of 13.8 (0.4-27.2) months, the overall response rate was 96.0% (97 of 101), with 74.3% (75 of 103) achieving a complete response or better. Among the 12 patients who had prior CAR T-cell treatment, 75% (9 of 12) achieved a response. The median progression-free survival was not reached, with a 12-month progression-free survival rate of 78.8% (95% CI, 68.6-86.0). A total of 96 patients (95.0%) achieved minimal residual disease negativity at a sensitivity threshold of 10<jats:sup>\u22125<\/jats:sup>. Adverse events were favorable: 96 of 103 patients (93.2%) experienced cytokine release syndrome (grade 1 to 2 in 95 patients [92.3%]) and 2 (1.9%) experienced immune effector cell\u2013associated neurotoxicity syndrome (grade 1 to 2). All cases of immune effector cell\u2013associated neurotoxicity syndrome and 94 of 96 cases of cytokine release syndrome resolved with treatment. 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